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Gen Con 2014 PRD Update!

Aug 15, 2014, 11:25 AM

With the release of the new Iron Gods Adventure Path, we figured it would be a really cool idea to put the tools you need from the Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Technology Guide up on the Pathfinder Reference Document. Now that the books are in the hands of many gamers at home and at Gen Con, you can get started on planning your campaign by checking out the latest update to the PRD right now! While you're there, you may also notice that you can now access the content from the Bestiary 4. There are also some visual changes to help improve the experience for many who access the PRD from mobile devices like iPads, Android tablets, and various phones.

Gen Con 2014 PRD Update!

Friday, August 15, 2014

With the release of the new Iron Gods Adventure Path, we figured it would be a really cool idea to put the tools you need from the Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Technology Guide up on the Pathfinder Reference Document. Now that the books are in the hands of many gamers at home and at Gen Con, you can get started on planning your campaign by checking out the latest update to the PRD right now! While you're there, you may also notice that you can now access the content from the Bestiary 4. There are also some visual changes to help improve the experience for many who access the PRD from mobile devices like iPads, Android tablets, and various phones.

Be sure to check it out and leave your feedback in our reporting thread if you have any comments. The Paizo Skeleton Crew back here in Redmond hope you're having an amazing time at Gen Con!

More Monsters!

Jan 26, 2012, 10:00 AM

... Illustration by Eric Belisle More Monsters! Thursday, January 26, 2012Every GM knows you can never have enough monsters, and yesterday the risk of ever running out got way slimmer with the addition of Bestiary 3's more than 300 menaces to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document. Check them all out for free and our online PRD right here! F. Wesley Schneider ... Managing Editor ...

Pathfinder Reference Document: Now 20% Cooler with Indexes

Nov 24, 2011, 10:00 AM

Pathfinder Reference Document: Now 20% Cooler with Indexes Thursday, November 24, 2011The new PRD has been out for a while now, but a new feature may have gone unnoticed by some. Recently, we've added a set of indices to the PRD (look toward the bottom of the menu on the left-hand side of the page). These indices were originally created as mobile content so that anyone trying to look up a single reference on their phones would have an easier time doing it. It quickly became obvious that we...

Pathfinder Reference Document: Now 20% Cooler with Indexes

Thursday, November 24, 2011

The new PRD has been out for a while now, but a new feature may have gone unnoticed by some. Recently, we've added a set of indices to the PRD (look toward the bottom of the menu on the left-hand side of the page). These indices were originally created as mobile content so that anyone trying to look up a single reference on their phones would have an easier time doing it. It quickly became obvious that we should also give the people on their desktops and iPads similar capabilities. We had all of the data right there, but we just needed to apply it a little differently. At first we only offered feats and spells, but eventually we were able to add magic items and spell lists. Each addition has been a little more complicated than the last.

The first two, feats and spells, are alphabetical indices with filters that allow the user to sort data by book. Originally, this was the only data really available to us and was sufficient for those lists, but the magic item index gave us reason to develop that a little further. Knowing that people often like to browse through the magic item index looking for a particular type of item—such hunting for a new suit of armor or filling in an empty ring slot—we created our index filters for that page with this in mind.

After that, most of our requests for these types of indices came in two forms: spell lists and monsters. And though we've not yet created a monster index, this is certainly something we’re considering for the future. Spell lists, however, have been tackled, and you can now pick from any class and then filter spells by book and spell level. This has become a valuable resource and probably useful for a lot of people, especially those not as familiar with spells in the more recent books, like Ultimate Magic and Ultimate Combat, but who would like to give them a try.

The indices are still evolving, and we appreciate all of your feedback and hope that everyone gets a lot of use out of them!